VASCULAR PATTERNS AND MORPHOLOGY IN DERMOSCOPY - PART I. BASIC PRINCIPLES

  • André Laureano Interno do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Resident, Dermatology and Venereology, Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Curry Cabral - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Portugal; Master of Science (MSc) in Dermoscopy and Preventive Dermato-Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
  • Cândida Fernandes Assistente Hospitalar Graduada de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Graduated Consultant, Dermatology and Venereology, Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Curry Cabral - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Portugal
  • Jorge Cardoso Chefe de Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Director do Serviço/Chief and Head of Dermatology Department Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Curry Cabral - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.72.2.254
Keywords: Dermoscopy, Skin diseases, Skin neoplasms, Keratosis, Actinic carcinoma, Basal cell melanoma, seborrheic

Abstract

Dermoscopy is a noninvasive, in vivo technique that increases the diagnostic accuracy in both melanocytic and nonmelanocytic skin tumors. In nonpigmented tumors allows the visualization of vascular structures not visible to the naked eye. Part I of this article discusses the dermoscopic evaluation of nonpigmented skin tumors including basic principles of specific morphologic types and architectural arrangement of vessels and the presence of additional dermoscopic clues.

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Published
2014-09-19
How to Cite
Laureano, A., Fernandes, C., & Cardoso, J. (2014). VASCULAR PATTERNS AND MORPHOLOGY IN DERMOSCOPY - PART I. BASIC PRINCIPLES. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 72(2), 183-194. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.72.2.254
Issue
Vol 72 No 2 (2014): Abril - Junho
Section
Continuous Medical Education

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